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After the Reign - 1994
After the Reign

Released: 1994
Label: Wildcat Records
Executive Producer: Al Nalli
Mixed: Rick Medlocke
Assistant Mixed: Rob Robinson, Scott Haines
Photography: Quentin Lutes
Producer: Rick Medlocke
Recorded: Rob Robinson, Scott Haines
Backing Vocals: Benny Rappa//Donna Davis/Mark Woerpel
Artwork By - Zeke Mallory




Credits:
Rick Medlocke - Vocals
Mark Woerpel, Neal Casal - Guitar (1, 4)
Rick Medlocke, Zakk Wylde - Guitar (9)
Benny Rappa - Organ (3)
Bo Davis - Organ (3)
Rob Robinson - Piano (5, 7)
Tim Stunson - Bass
Benny Rappa - Drums
Harmonica - Michael Galloway (6)

Track listing:
  1. Sitting on Top of the World (Chester Arthur Burnett) - 4:40
  2. Nobody Rides for Free (Mark Woerpel/Rick Medlocke) - 3:59
  3. Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison) - 4:52
  4. Rainbow - (Benny Rappa/Rick Medlocke) 4:31
  5. It's All Over Now (Benny Rappa/Mark Woerpel/Rick Medlocke) - 4:29
  6. Road's My Middle Name (Bonnie Raitt) - 4:06
  7. Hang Time (Benny Rappa/Rick Medlocke) - 4:24
  8. Tonight (Benny Rappa/Rick Medlocke) - 3:41
  9. After the Reign (Benny Rappa/Mark Woerpel/Rick Medlocke) - 5:20
  10. Bandelaro (Benny Rappa/Rick Medlocke) (Instr.) - 3:34



Sittin' On Top Of The World
Chester Arthur Burnett

One summer day, she went away 
She's gone and left me, she's gone to stay 
Lord she's gone, but I don't worry 
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world. 

Well my lover took with my best friend 
Some joker got lucky, stoled her back again 
Lord she's gone, but I don't worry 
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world. 

Well in the summer I have he fall 
I spent my Christmas in my overalls 
She's gone, but I don't worry 
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world. 

Going down to the railway to catch a freight train 
I'm gonna leavw this town, for her I'm bound 
She's gone, but I don't worry 
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world. 

One summer day, she went away 
She's gone and left me, she's gone to stay 
She's gone, gone, gone but I don't worry 
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world.


Nobody Rides for Free
Mark Woerpel/Rick Medlocke

How long have I been walkin' this road 
These feelings are getting old 
I need a different pace 
Move on to another place 
But be careful who you borrow from, 

Nobody rides for free 
I'm livin' my dream 
Nobody rides for free 
You have to pay to see 
If you wanna catch a ride with me. 

Where I'm comin' from 
And where I'm headed to 
Are questions I can't answer for you 
Well I don't feel like talkin' 
And it damn sure beats walkin' 
Let me take you for a ride 
You can pay another time. 

But the storm keeps a comin' 
Just gotta get away 
Better watch where your runnin' 

Now all I need is a little more time 
When things get crazy 
You gotta cross that line 
But the storm keeps a comin' 
Just gotta get away 
Better watch where your runnin' 
'Cause nobody rides for free.


Tupelo Honey
Van Morrison)

You can take all the tea in china
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can’t stop us on the road to freedom
You can’t keep us ‘cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can’t stop us on the road to freedom
You can’t stop us ‘cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You know she’s alright
You know she’s alright with me
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)

You can take all the tea in china
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around the seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because she’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like the honey, baby, from the bee
She’s my baby, you know she’s alright ...

There’s a rose pressed inside a bible
That she reads on the balcony
She’s sweet in slumber and I’ve got her number
For the beginning of the century.

I’ll tell a tale of old manhattan
Adirondack bus to go
Standing waiting on my number
And my number’s gonna show.

I heard a tale of old manhattan
I’ve never been there but I want to go
Standing waiting on my number
And my number’s gonna show.


Rainbow
Benny Rappa/Rick Medlocke

Well I left my home at the north end of Florida
Headed out for southern California
Lookin' for some fun like any other
And the open skies
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
Even past right through Texarkana
Lord I know that time is truly wastin'
Not getting any younger

I'm runnin' round here, and I'm looking for a pot of gold
They tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow
See the movie star up in the spotlight. She's growing old
And they tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow

Well I fell in love with a girl out in Texas
Then her daddy had me arrested
All I did was stop for some dancin', and a couple of beers
Then they ran my butt on into Arizona
Heard I was wanted out in Oklahoma
Made me feel like I was an outlaw
It might've been my long hair

I'm runnin' round here, I'm looking for that pot of gold
And they tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow
See the guitar man up in the spotlight, he's growing old
They tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow

And they left me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow
Now I'm sittin' out here I'm lonely in Nebraska
How the hell'd I get to Alaska
Would of thought by now I'd learn my lesson
But you can never tell

I'm runnin' round here, still looking for a pot of gold
And they tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow
I see the mileage on my face, am I growing old
And they tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow


It's All Over Now
Benny Rappa/Mark Woerpel/Rick Medlocke)

We should have but we didn't
We would of if we could
But it just didn't happen
And you never understood

Can't blame a man for tryin'
Tryin' to make it last
Now you stand here cryin'
Over memories of the past

I'm not looking to hurt you
So I'll just say good-bye
It's all over now

Well sometimes it happens
Turns out that way
To many miles between us
With nothing left to say

Oh I'll never get over
This look in your eyes

Doing all our best to figure out
That it's too late now baby
'Cause it's all over now

This broken heart of mine is no surprise
And isn't that what life is all about
Doing all our best to figure out
But it's too late now baby
'Cause it's all over now

Too late to turn back baby


Road’s my Middle Name
Bonnie Raitt

I told you once the day we met
I wouldn't be your queen
Your little darlin', sweet coquette
Just what my routine

You've been around enough to know
There's really no one else
When I hear that siren call, baby
I just can't help myself

I gotta go
I hope you'll understand
I love you so
Want you to be my man

I hear it call
Sounds so sweet and plain
I gotta go, baby
Because the road's my middle name

Well, it's hard enough to love someone
When they're right close to home
Don't you think I know it's hard, honey
To squeeze the sugar from the phone

Guess the road is in my blood
'Cause I'm my daddy's kid
Just have to learn how to let me go
Just like my momma did

I gotta go
I hope you'll understand
Yeah, I love you so
Want you to be my man

I hear it call, baby
Sounds so sweet and plain
I gotta go
Because the road's my middle name

Hear it call
And it sounds so sweet and plain
I gotta go
'Cause the road is my middle name

I gotta go
'Cause the road my middle name
Ooh, I gotta go, darlin'
Because the road is my middle name


Hang Time
Benny Rappa/Rick Medlocke

South of the border, down Mississippi way 
Born on the delta, where the blues men play 
Out on the road, just doin' my time 
When I come home, I wanna be with my kind 

Mamma calls me baby, daddy says son 
That ain't no name for a man on the run 
Stick to your guns, and you surely win 
Open up your mouth, and let the moonshine in 

Hang time, down in the neighborhood 
Well it's hang time, I'm hangin' with my family and friends 

Well grab my little honey for a little doe-se-doe 
Cut myself a slice O'rug, on the dance floor 
Come on everybody, lets have a good time 
Pack up all your troubles, and leave 'em behind 

Winter, spring, summer, on into the fall, 
Any type of weather, it don't matter at all 
Down on the street corners, you will find 
Where everybody's hangin', hangin' 

Now it might be sentimental, but I don't care 
I know it's something that we all share 
Mamma's good cookin' makes you feel at home, 
You give the dog a bone 

Now out in the driveway, I hear the engines roar 
My road dog buddy's, say it's time for some more 
When it's all over, and my work is through 
Pack it up honey, I'm comin' home to you 

Cause it's hanging time, down in my neighborhood 
Lord it's hang time, I'm hangin' with my family and friends 
Lord it's hang time, down in my neighborhood 
Yes it's hanging time 
I'm hangin' with my family and friends 
Oh yeah, I am hanging 
Well I'm hanging 
I am hanging, hangin' with my family and friends


Tonight
Benny Rappa/Rick Medlocke

Moon is bright
And the stars my guiding light
Tonight
Would you believe
I'm getting closer mile by mile
Tonight

But I'll be O.K.
As long as I know you have stayed
Tonight

In the skies I see you face on every cloud
I'm hypnotized with the thought of you tonight

Lonely nights away
But I know I'm in your heart
Tonight

And you should know
That I've missed you from the start
Oh tonight

It's your touch that I miss and the goodnight kiss
I had to call you see to let you know what you mean to me

So turn off the light
And you know I'll be alright
Tonight

And sleep peacefully
When you wake you know you'll see
Me tonight
Tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight


After the Reign
Benny Rappa/Mark Woerpel/Rick Medlocke

Redman stands alone with his pride 
Freeman knows no bounds 
Tired of runnin', he's not gonna hide 
Now he stands his ground 

To take a man's home, there's no pity 
One man's land for another man's city 

Take it back, to the place that I love 
Take it back, to the big sky's above 
Take it back, on the wings of a dove 
After the reign 

I can tell from the look on his face 
There's no justice for all 
They come with their plan, and they deal another hand 
Still they take it all 

When it comes to your own, you're blinded by shame 
To take his land, is the name of the game 

After the reign, now who's to blame 
Dreams have been washed away 

After the reign, all though the years 
After the reign, gone are the fears 
After the reign, there's no more tears 
After the reign

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